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Emma Roth

Emma Roth

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    Spotify’s free audiobook offer is catching on.

    The music streaming app tells Bloomberg that 25 percent of subscribers in the US, UK, and Canada are listening to audiobooks — a sign subscribers are taking advantage of Spotify Premium’s free 15 hours of audiobook content.

    Spotify also tells Bloomberg that purchases for additional audiobook listening hours have “more than doubled” since the end of last year.

    Emma Roth
    Emma Roth
    What’s up with all the streaming price hikes?

    We’ve written a lot about why the price of streaming services has gone up, but this video from our friends at Vox breaks it all down.

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    Emma Roth
    The latest iOS 17.5 beta allows EU users to download apps from the web.

    That doesn’t mean users can download just any app from the web, as Apple has created a strict set of guidelines developers must meet to take advantage of the update. Apple also started letting users in the EU use alternative app stores last month.

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    Emma Roth
    Nothing is announcing something on Thursday.

    Could it be the next pair of Nothing Ear buds?

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    Emma Roth
    Threads is testing new search filters.

    While the “recent” filter should make it easier to find real-time search results, the “top” option shows popular posts related to your search. The test is only rolling out to a small number of users, according to Instagram head Adam Mosseri.

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    Emma Roth
    213-25-VAULT.

    This Vault-Tech number appeared in episode six of Prime Video’s Fallout adaption — and you can call it or text it for a nice little Easter egg.

    A screenshot showing Walter Goggins in Fallout
    Image: Prime Video
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    Emma Roth
    Pixel 9 Pro Fold?

    That’s apparently the name of what we’ve been calling the Pixel Fold 2 for the past year, according to Android Authority. Google is reportedly adding a Pixel 9 Pro XL to its lineup, too.